The Next Level About Me
Al Katz, a native of Greenville, SC, graduated with honors from The Citadel where he was a member of the Summerall Guards and the Honor Court and earned his MBA from Georgia Tech. After serving with distinction as an Army officer, he began his career with Ellman's Inc, a publicly held retail specialty organization located in Atlanta, Ga.
During his twenty plus years with this company, Katz held senior level executive positions and filled the office of President and COO of this $90 million company employing over 1,800. Throughout his five years as President he led his team in achieving record sales and profits and successfully sold the company in 1985 as part of the company's strategic plan. He was the recipient of numerous industry and community awards for his accomplishments.
Since 2003, Al has held the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Chair of Management/Ethics in the Business School and continues to teach as a visiting professor in both the undergraduate and graduate programs at The Citadel. He also held the Robert A. Jolley Chair of Business Administration from 1995 to 1999.
Since his second career as a Business Coach began in 1985, Al has perfected THE PROCESS™, a method of assessing businesses and improving their business practices. The results have brought happiness and increased prosperity to over 600 business owners in retail, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing, as well as professional, civic and educational organizations.
Katz presently sits on the board of The College of Nursing at MUSC, The American College of the Building Arts, Healing Farm Ministry and the School of Business Advisory Board at The Citadel. He has previously served on the boards of The Gibbes Museum, The Charleston Concert Association and The Charleston Ballet Company.
His book published in 2009, A Journey with Mac: Rediscovering the Fundamentals of Business, is available on www.amazon.com as well as www.ajourneywithmac.com.
Al is a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church where he is a Stephen Minister, active in the Men's Ministry and is a group leader for Alpha. He lives in Charleston, SC with his wife, Suzanne. His son and daughter and five grandchildren live in Atlanta, Ga. Suzanne has two grown sons and they reside in Boston, Ma. and Salisbury, Ct.
